A4123: Accidents

Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 
	(1)  how many accidents took place on the A4123 involving  (a) pedestrians and  (b) cyclists in the last five years;
	(2)  how many accidents resulting in fatalities have occurred on the A4123 in the last five years.

Tom Harris: The number of accidents on the length of A4123 for which the Highways Agency is responsible, for the latest five year period for which data is available, is as follows:
	Personal injury accidents: 48 pedestrians; 18 cyclists.
	Fatalities: four, of which two involved pedestrians.

Departmental Carbon Emissions

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department and its predecessors spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments for carbon offsetting have been made in each such year.

Jim Fitzpatrick: The majority of central Government Departments are members of the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund (GCOF). The GCOF aims to fulfil the Government's commitment to offset emissions attributable to all official and ministerial air travel in central government. It is available to all central government departments and provides a simple and cost effective way to offset, as well as ensuring high environmental integrity. The GCOF runs for an initial period of three years (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09).
	The GCOF is being managed by EEA Fund Management Ltd., who won the contract to source and deliver 255,000 certified emission reduction credits, with a provision for a further 50,000 credits, over three years from a range of clean development mechanism(COM) projects. Credits will be supplied from the project portfolio of Trading Emissions Plc, to whom EEA is the investment adviser.
	As a participant in the GCOF, the Department for Transport contributed £13,445.17 to offset air travel in the year 2006-07. In addition, the Government Car and Despatch Agency contributed £22,621.31 to offset Government road fleet emissions. Data is currently being collected for the 2007-08 reporting year and will be available later in the year.

Trains

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what role her Department will have in the procurement process for the new Inter-City Express rolling stock.

Tom Harris: holding answer 8 May 2008
	The Department for Transport has been leading the procurement process to-date, and will continue so through to completion in 2009.

Transport

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by what date she expects to publish her Green Paper on transport challenges; and what topics will be covered by the Paper.

Rosie Winterton: holding answer 1 May 2008
	 Since the publication of "Towards a Sustainable Transport System" in October 2007, the Department for Transport has been discussing with stakeholders about how to define the challenges that we will need to address in our transport strategy for 2014 and beyond. Those discussions finished at the end of March. We aim to publish our response to these stakeholder discussions, and our view on how the process of generating and selecting options should work, shortly.

Employment

James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his statement of 16 January 2008,  Official Report, column 944, that there was record employment under Labour, including record numbers of British jobs, how many  (a) people and  (b) working age people were in employment in each year since 1997; what the (i) employment rate and (ii) working age employment rate was of (A) the UK population, (B) UK citizens, (C) UK born citizens and (D) non-UK citizens in each year; what the figures were in each quarter since 1 January 2006; and if he will make a statement on Government targets for the employment rate in the UK.

Stephen Timms: The information requested, as well as information on all those aged 16 and over in employment, is given in the following tables.
	The Government's aim is to maximise employment opportunity for all, with a long-term aspiration of an employment rate of 80 per cent.
	
		
			  Table  A :  UK population 
			   (i) Employment rate (percentage)  (ii) WA employment  (iii) 16+ employment 
			 Q2 1997 72.90 25,700,000 26,500,000 
			 Q2 1999 73.90 26,300,000 27,100,000 
			 Q2 2001 74.50 26,900,000 27,700,000 
			 Q2 2002 74.50 27,000,000 27,900,000 
			 Q2 2003 74.80 27,300,000 28,200,000 
			 Q2 2004 74.70 27,400,000 28,400,000 
			 Q2 2005 74.70 27,700,000 28,700,000 
			 Q1 2006 74.60 27,800,000 28,900,000 
			 Q2 2006 74.60 27,800,000 29,000,000 
			 Q3 2006 74.50 27,900,000 29,000,000 
			 Q4 2006 74.50 27,900,000 29,100,000 
			 Q1 2007 74.30 27,900,000 29,100,000 
			 Q2 2007 74.40 27,900,000 29,200,000 
			 Q3 2007 74.40 28,000,000 29,200,000 
			 Q4 2007 74.70 28,100,000 29,400,000 
		
	
	
		
			  Table B: UK Nationals 
			   (i) Employment rate  (percentage)  (ii) WA employment  (iii) 16+ employment 
			 Q2 1997 73.2 24,600,000 25,400,000 
			 Q2 1999 74.3 25,100,000 25,900,000 
			 Q2 2001 75.0 25,500,000 26,200,000 
			 Q2 2002 75.0 25,500,000 26,400,000 
			 Q2 2003 75.3 25,600,000 26,500,000 
			 Q2 2004 75.1 25,600,000 26,600,000 
			 Q2 2005 75.2 25,600,000 26,600,000 
			 Q1 2006 74.9 25,500,000 26,600,000 
			 Q2 2006 74.8 25,400,000 26,500,000 
			 Q3 2006 75.2 25,600,000 26,700,000 
			 Q4 2006 75.0 25,400,000 26,600,000 
			 Q1 2007 74.6 25,200,000 26,400,000 
			 Q2 2007 74.8 25,200,000 26,400,000 
			 Q3 2007 75.3 25,400,000 26,600,000 
			 Q4 2007 75.5 25,400,000 26,700,000 
		
	
	
		
			  Table C: UK Born 
			   (i) Employment  r ate  (percentage)  (ii) WA employment  (iii) 16+ e mployment 
			 Q2 1997 73.5 23,600,000 24,400,000 
			 Q2 1999 74.6 24,100,000 24,800,000 
			 Q2 2001 75.4 24,400,000 25,200,000 
			 Q2 2002 75.3 24,400,000 25,200,000 
			 Q2 2003 75.7 24,500,000 25,300,000 
			 Q2 2004 75.5 24,500,000 25,400,000 
			 Q2 2005 75.6 24,400,000 25,400,000 
			 Q1 2006 75.3 24,300,000 25,300,000 
			 Q2 2006 75.2 24,200,000 25,200,000 
			 Q3 2006 75.7 24,300,000 25,400,000 
			 Q4 2006 75.5 24,200,000 25,300,000 
			 Q1 2007 75.0 24,000,000 25,100,000 
			 Q2 2007 75.2 23,900,000 25,100,000 
			 Q3 2007 75.6 24,100,000 25,200,000 
			 Q4 2007 75.9 24,100,000 25,300,000 
		
	
	
		
			  Table D: Foreign nationals 
			   (i) Employment rate (percentage)  (ii) WA employment  (iii) 16+ Employment 
			 Q2 1997 60.3 930,000 960,000 
			 Q2 1999 60.0 980,000 1,000,000 
			 Q2 2001 61.5 1,150,000 1,190,000 
			 Q2 2002 62.0 1,230,000 1,270,000 
			 Q2 2003 62.6 1,320,000 1,350,000 
			 Q2 2004 64.8 1,430,000 1,460,000 
			 Q2 2005 63.8 1,520,000 1,550,000 
			 Q1 2006 66.9 1,690,000 1,720,000 
			 Q2 2006 67.8 1,760,000 1,800,000 
			 Q3 2006 68.9 1,830,000 1,870,000 
			 Q4 2006 68.6 1,880,000 1,930,000 
			 Q1 2007 66.7 1,900,000 1,940,000 
			 Q2 2007 67.8 2,010,000 2,050,000 
			 Q3 2007 68.4 2,020,000 2,060,000 
			 Q4 2007 68.1 2,080,000 2,110,000 
			  Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100,000 (in the case of foreign nationals to the nearest 10,000). 2. Tables B to D are not seasonally adjusted. This means direct comparisons between different quarters are not possible. 3. The figures in Table A are seasonally adjusted headline employment figures based on population estimates published in 2006. 4. In order to provide the more detailed breakdown that is required to answer the second part of the question in Tables B to D, it is necessary to use data that is based on population estimates made in 2003—these are the latest estimates available for use in respect of particular categories of the labour force such as migrants. The figures in Table A are based on population estimates published in 2006 and as such the figures presented in Tables B to D are not directly comparable to the figures in Table A. The totals for the UK population as a whole—Table A—will not be equal to the sum of the numbers shown for UK and foreign nationals—Tables B and D respectively. In May 2008, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will be releasing re-weighted data based on 2007 population estimates, which will lead to some changes in the figures in the tables. 5. Tables B to D exclude individuals whose nationality is unknown. 6. As these figures are based on a sample survey they are also subject to sampling variability. 7. It should be noted that the nationality question in the LFS is an undercount because: it excludes those who have not been resident in the UK for six months; it excludes students in halls who do not have a UK resident parent; it excludes people in most other types of communal establishments (e.g. hotels, boarding houses, hostels, mobile home sites, etc); it is grossed to population estimates that only include migrants staying for twelve months or more.  Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS).

Army: Deployment

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 
	(1)  what the average tour interval for each battalion in the  (a) infantry and  (b) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers was in the latest period for which figures are available;
	(2)  what the average tour interval was for each regiment in the  (a) Royal Artillery,  (b) Royal Engineers,  (c) Royal Logistic Corps and  (d) Royal Corps of Signals in the latest period for which figures are available.

Bob Ainsworth: Historical data to support the calculation of the average tour interval for each battalion or regiment of the infantry or the Royal Artillery is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	As at 1 April 2008, the last tour interval for each battalion of the infantry and each regiment of the Royal Artillery is shown in the following tables.
	
		
			  Infantry unit tour intervals 
			  Unit deployed  Last operational deployment (as a unit)  Start date  Previous operational deployment (as a unit)  End date  Last unit tour interval (months) 
			 1 Gren GDS Afghanistan May 2007 Iraq September 2006 8 
			 1 Coldm GDS Afghanistan October 2007 Iraq October 2005 23 
			 1 SG Iraq December 2007 Iraq April 2005 31 
			 1 IG Iraq June 2007 _ Northern Ireland March 2004 38 
			 1 WG Balkans October 2006 Iraq Apr 2005 17 
			 1 Scots (1 RS)(1) Iraq December 2007 Iraq May 2006 18 
			 1 Scots (1 KOSB)(1) Iraq December 2007 Northern Ireland July 2006 16 
			 2 Scots Afghanistan April 2008 Iraq October 2004 41 
			 3 Scots Iraq July 2004 Iraq June 2003 12 
			 4 Scots Iraq November 2005 Balkans October 2003 24 
			 5 Scots Afghanistan April 2008 Balkans October 2005 29 
			 1 PWRR Iraq May 2006 Iraq October 2004 18 
			 2 PWRR Iraq January 2005 Northern Ireland December 2003 12 
			 1 RRF Iraq November 2005 Iraq June 2003 28 
			 2 RRF Northern Ireland April 2003 Northern Ireland June 2002 9 
			 1 R Anglian Afghanistan May 2007 Iraq October 2005 18 
			 2 R Anglian Iraq May 2006 Afghanistan October 2003 30 
			 1 Korbr(2) Iraq November 2005 Balkans October 2000 60 
			 1 Kings(2) Iraq July 2003 Prior to January 1999 — — 
			 QLR(2) Iraq July 2003 Northern Ireland September 2001 21 
			 1 Lancs(2) Iraq December 2007 n/a — — 
			 2 Lancs(2) Iraq November 2006 n/a — — 
			 1 Yorks Iraq November 2006 Balkans September 2004 25 
			 2 Yorks Afghanistan October 2007 Balkans September 2006 12 
			 3 Yorks Iraq November 2004 Balkans June 2001 40 
			 1 R Welsh Cyprus (Theatre Reserve Battalion) May 2007 Northern Ireland January 2006 15 
			 2 R Welsh Iraq June 2007 Iraq October 2005 19 
			 1 Mercian Iraq December 2007 Iraq October 2004 37 
			 2 Mercian Afghanistan May 2007 Afghanistan April 2005 24 
			 3 Mercian Iraq November 2006 Iraq October 2005 12 
			 1 Rifles (1 RGBW)(3) Afghanistan October 2005 Northern Ireland July 2003 26 
			 1 Rifles (1 D&D)(3) Iraq May 2006 Northern Ireland March 2001 61 
			 1 Rifles — — — — — 
			 2 Rifles Iraq November 2006 Northern Ireland September 2004 25 
			 3 Rifles Iraq September 2006 Northern Ireland March 2005 17 
			 4 Rifles Iraq June 2007 Balkans October 2001 67 
			 5 Rifles Iraq May 2006 Iraq April 2004 24 
			 1R Irish Afghanistan April 2008 Iraq December 2005 27 
			 1 Para(4) Northern Ireland March 2005 Iraq June 2003 20 
			 2 Para Afghanistan April 2008 Iraq April 2006 23 
			 3 Para Afghanistan April 2008 Afghanistan October 2006 17 
			 1 RGR Afghanistan October 2007 Balkans March 2006 18 
			 2 RGR Afghanistan April 2005 Afghanistan April 2004 11 
			 (1) 1 RS and 1 KOSB amalgamated to form 1 Scots in August 2006. 1 Scots is to deploy for the first time as a formed unit to Iraq in December 2007. For the purposes of this question, 1 Scots was counted as one unit with a tour interval of 17 months. (2) 1 Korbr, 1 Kings and QLR amalgamated in July 2006 to form 1 Lancs and 2 Lancs. Operation Telic 11 will be the first unit operational deployment for 1 Lancs. Because of the nature of this amalgamation, it is not representative to calculate the average tour intervals of 1 Lancs and 2 Lancs based on the previous operational deployments of 1 Korbr, 1 Kings and QLR, as such for the purpose of this question, no unit tour interval value for 1 Korbr, 1 Kings, QLR, 1 Lancs or 2 Lancs was included in the calculation. (3) 1 RGBW and 1 DDLI amalgamated in March 2007 to form 1 Rifles. 1 Rifles has yet to deploy as a formed unit. For the purposes of this question, 1 Rifles was counted as one unit with a tour interval of 43.5 months. (4) 1 Para transferred to directorate special forces in August 2005 and for the purposes of this question, no unit tour interval value was included in the calculation. 
		
	
	
		
			  Royal Artillery unit tour intervals 
			  Unit deployed  Last operational deployment (as a unit)  Start date  Previous operational deployment (as a unit)  End date  Last unit tour interval (months) 
			 1 RHA Iraq June 2007 Cyprus September 2005 20 
			 3 RHA Iraq December 2007 Iraq April 2006 19 
			 4 Regt RA Afghanistan October 2007 Cyprus September 2006 12 
			 7 Para RHA Afghanistan April 2008 Iraq December 2003 51 
			 19 Regt RA Afghanistan May 2007 Iraq October 2005 18 
			 26 Regt RA Iraq May 2006 Cyprus April 2005 12 
			 29 Cdo Regt RA Afghanistan October2006 Iraq May 2003 40 
			 40 Regt RA Iraq November 2006 Cyprus September 2004 25 
		
	
	The unit tour interval is a less relevant measure when applied to the Corps of Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. This is due to the frequency with which personnel move between formed units within these Corps (the personnel deployed with a unit will be substantially different from the personnel deployed with the same unit on a previous occasion). Unit tour interval data for these Corps is not therefore, routinely collated.

Iraq: Armed Forces

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence the estimated total cost has been of equipment gifted to the Iraqi forces in each year since 2003.

Des Browne: The estimated total cost of equipment gifted to the Iraqi Security Forces per financial year is as follows:
	
		
			  Financial year  Cost (£) 
			 2003-04 21,500.00 
			 2004-05 12,678,300.00 
			 2005-06 7,518,200.00 
			 2006-07 3,357,400.00 
			 2007-08 (1)341,600.00 
			 (1) This includes costs until 28 March 2008

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units have served  (a) one tour,  (b) two tours and  (c) three tours and more in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan.

Des Browne: This data is not currently held in the format requested. Officials are working to collate this information from a number of sources. I will therefore write to the hon. Member.
	 Substantive answer from Des Browne to Liam Fox:
	I undertook to reply to you in answer to your Parliamentary Question on 17 March 2008 (Official Report Column 815-6W) about the number of tours of Iraq and Afghanistan undertaken by Units. I am now in a position to be able to reply.
	The information which you requested is shown the table below;
	
		
			  Unit  Iraq  Afghanistan  Total 
			 1 Grenadier Guards 1 1 2 
			 1 Coldstream Guards 1 1 2 
			 1 Scots Guards 2 — 2 
			 1 Irish Guards 2 — 2 
			 1 Welsh Guards 1 — 1 
			 1 Scots (Royal Scots) 2 — 2 
			 1 Scots (Kings Own Scottish Borderers) 1 — 1 
			 2 Scots (Royal Highland Fusiliers) 2 1 3 
			 3 Scots (Black Watch) 2 — 2 
			 4 Scots (Highlanders) 2 — 2 
			 5 Scots (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)  1 1 
			 1 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment 2 — 2 
			 2 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment 1 — 1 
			 1 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 2 — 2 
			 1 Royal Anglian 1 2 3 
			 2 Royal Anglian 1 1 2 
			 2 Lancs (Kings) 3 — 3 
			 2 Lancs (Queens) 1 — 1 
			 3 Lancs (Kings Own Royal Border Regiment) 2 — 2 
			 1 Yorks (Prince of Wales) 1 — 1 
			 2 Yorks (Green Howards) — 2 2 
			 3 Yorks (Duke of Wellington) 1 — 1 
			 1 Mercian (Cheshires) 2 — 2 
			 2 Mercian (WFR) 1 2 3 
			 3 Mercian (Staffords) 2 — 2 
			 1 Rifles (Devon and Dorset Light Infantry) 1 1 2 
			 2 Rifles (1 Royal Green Jackets) 1 — 1 
			 3 Rifles (2 Light Infantry) 1 — 1 
			 4 Rifles (2 Royal Green Jackets) 1 — 1 
			 5 Rifles (1 Light Infantry) 2 — 2 
			 1 Royal Irish 2 — 2 
			 1 Para 1 — 1 
			 2 Para 1 2 3 
			 3 Para 1 1 2 
			 1 Royal Gurkha Rifles — 1 1 
			 2 Royal Gurkha Rifles — 2 2 
			 1 Royal Welsh 1 — 1 
			 2 Royal Welsh 3 — 3 
			 Household Cavalry Regt 1 — 1 
			 Queen's Dragoon Guards 2 — 2 
			 Scots Dragoon Guards 2 — 2 
			 Royal Dragoon Guards 1 — 1 
			 QRH 2 — 2 
			 9/12 Lancers 2 — 2 
			 KRH 2 — 2 
			 Light Dragoons 2 1 3 
			 QRL 1 — 1 
			 2 Royal Tank Regt 1 — 1 
			 1 Royal Horse Artillery 2 — 2 
			 3 Royal Horse Artillery 2 — 2 
			 4 Regt Royal Artillery 1 — 1 
			 7 Para Royal Horse Artillery 1 2 3 
			 19 Regt Royal Artillery 1 — 1 
			 26 Regt Royal Horse Artillery 2 — 2 
			 29 Cdo Regt Royal Artillery 1 1 2 
			 40 Regt Royal Artillery 2 — 2 
			 3 Cdo Bde Royal Marines 1 2 3 
			 40 Cdo RM 2 1 3 
			 42 Cdo RM 1 1 2 
			 45 Cdo RM — 2 2 
			 Cdo Logistics Regt RM 1 1 2 
			 Commander UK Amphibious Forces 1 1 2 
			 1 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt 4 1 5 
			 2 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt 3 1 4 
			 3 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt 4 1 5 
			 4 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt 2 — 2 
			 5 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt 1 1 2 
			 6 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt 1 — 1 
			 7 Force Protection Wing RAF Regt (Tactical Police Wing) 1 1 2 
			 1 Sqn RAF Regt 3 — 3 
			 2 Sqn RAF Regt 3 1 4 
			 3 Sqn RAF Regt 2 1 3 
			 15 Sqn RAF Regt 1 1 2 
			 34 Sqn RAF Regt 3 1 4 
			 51 Sqn RAF Regt 3 1 4 
			 63 Sqn RAF Regt (Queen's Colour Sqn) 2 — 2 
		
	
	This has proved to be a complex question to answer. You will be aware that most Infantry battalions have deployed on operations at least once in the last five years. The Infantry tend to deploy as formed units with the tour intervals in relation to Army units being based on (a) 'Units' defined as any Regiment deploying with a Regimental Headquarters and more than two Sub Units and (b) 'deployment' as any Unit deploying for four months or more. The Army's Harmony Guidelines recommend that Army units achieve 24 months between each six month operational tour.
	Elements from other Arms and Services regularly deploy as sub-units, on attachment to other units, or as individual augmentees. For example, this is the case for Royal Engineers, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel. Information on some units, such as Logistics have not been included in the return as this would incur disproportionate cost. Although other Corps may deploy with an RHQ and two or more sub units, it may not always be with the same formation or with the same individuals and would therefore make the information very difficult to collate.
	A Squadron is the key unit of deployment for the RAF and figures are collated accordingly. Additional Wings have been formed due to the increasing demand for Force Protection and this is the reason why some Wings have deployed fewer than others.
	You can see from the table that while some Army units have undertaken three deployments, others have only completed one. Whilst operations have been continuing in Iraq and Afghanistan, units will also have been covering endorsed standing Military tasks such as commitments in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, the Balkans and the Falkland Islands as well as Public Duties, in addition to conducting essential training and recuperating from operations. Moreover, there have been occasions where one or two sub units of a Battalion or Regiment have deployed, but these instances do not qualify as unit deployments and are therefore not included in the table.
	I am sorry that this information has taken so long to compile, but its collation has involved trawling through a substantial amount of information to ensure as full and accurate a response as possible based on the criteria set out above. Now that this detail has been gathered it will be maintained to prevent any such delay occurring in the future.
	I am placing a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many servicemen and women normally resident in East Dunbartonshire were serving in  (a) Iraq and  (b) Afghanistan at the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such service personnel have served in each country in the last five years.

Bob Ainsworth: holding answer 9 May 2008
	Data on the UK residential location of armed forces personnel is not held centrally in databases of individual records and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Territorial Army: Manpower

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of Territorial Army personnel are drawn from  (a) small,  (b) medium and  (c) large businesses.

Bob Ainsworth: Figures for the Territorial Army are not available separately from the rest of the Volunteer Reserve Forces (VRF). Latest data shows that, of the 59 per cent. of VRF with employers:
	27 per cent. work for employers with one to nine employees
	26 per cent. work for employers with 10 to 49 employees
	23 per cent. work for employers with 50 to 200 employees
	10 per cent. work for employers with 200 to 500 employees
	14 per cent. work for employers with 500+ employees.

Africa: Overseas Aid

Stephen Hesford: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much money was spent by his Department on aid programmes for Africa in each year since 2004, broken down by development objective.

Gillian Merron: Department for International Development (DFID) expenditure, both bilateral and multilateral, on aid programmes for Africa since 2004 are set out in the following tables.
	
		
			  Table 1: UK total bilateral gross public expenditure (GPEX) on development to Africa 2004-05 to 2006-07, by sector 
			  £000 
			  Sector  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Education 125,471 136,345 157,340 
			 Health 173,165 199,822 221,070 
			 Social 60,627 98,863 93,845 
			 Economic 123,722 171,140 135,278 
			 Livelihoods 46,254 37,661 35,927 
			 Governance 121,169 153,548 159,491 
			 Environment 12,064 15,821 8,147 
			 Humanitarian Assistance 165,572 263,991 226,475 
			 Sector Unallocated 39,924 62,631 97,431 
			 
			 Total bilateral 867,969 1,139,822 1,135,002 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Imputed DFID share of multilateral official development assistance (ODA) 2004-05 to 2006-07 
			  £000 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07 
			 Africa Multilateral 476,838 587,270 824,768 
		
	
	The DFID imputed share of multilateral ODA cannot be broken down by sector. A full statistical report of DFID's international development expenditure is published annually and may be found at:
	http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/sid2007/contents.asp

Departmental Carbon Emissions

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments for carbon offsetting have been made in each such year.

Gareth Thomas: The Department for International Development (DFID) is a member of the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund (GCOF). The GCOF aims to fulfil the Government's commitment to offset emissions attributable to all official and ministerial air travel in central Government. It is available to all central Government Departments and provides a simple and cost-effective way to offset, as well as ensuring high environmental integrity. The GCOF runs for an initial period of three years (2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09).
	The GCOF is being managed by EEA Fund Management Ltd. who won the contract to source and deliver 255,000 Certified Emission Reduction Credits, with a provision for a further 50,000 credits, over three years from a range of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. Credits will be supplied from the project portfolio of Trading Emissions Plc, to whom EEA is the investment adviser.
	DFID has to date contributed £175,741 to the scheme, paid during 2007-08 in respect of air travel during 2006-07.
	DFID is currently focussing its efforts on reducing carbon emissions from its estate, including the implementation of equipment and procedures to maximise energy efficiency equipment, which for instance has in recent months reduced our electricity consumption in our London Headquarters by over 10 per cent. We were also recently awarded the Energy Efficiency Accreditation certification. Once these measures have been implemented we will make appropriate arrangements to offset any residual carbon emissions.

Cetaceans: South West

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the most recent available data on cetacean strandings in Cornwall and Devon.

Jonathan R Shaw: All data on Cetacean strandings across the UK, up to and including the 2006 data, is publicly available on the Defra website in the form of UK Cetacean strandings investigation programme (CSIP) Annual reports:
	http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/resprog/findings/.
	The 2007 Annual report is currently being drafted and will be available on the website in the near future.

Departmental Carbon Emissions

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department and its predecessors spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments for carbon offsetting have been made in each such year.

Phil Woolas: Figures currently available cover 2005-06 (where applicable) and 2006-07. Data is currently being collected for the 2007-08 reporting year and will be available later in the year.
	DEFRA has paid £60,014.07 into the GCOF, to offset some 6,056tCO2 equivalent from a variety of sources from April 2005 to April 2007.

Landfill Tax: Fly-tipping

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on fly-tipping of the landfill tax escalator.

Joan Ruddock: No formal assessment has been made.
	However, the Government are monitoring levels of fly-tipping and ways in which the effects can be mitigated. In April 2004, the Flycapture database was set up to help local authorities and the Environment Agency improve information on the scale of fly-tipping and to help focus resources and identify trends in this growing environmental crime. Flycapture is enabling central and local government to demonstrate the true nature, extent and scale of fly-tipping, both nationally and locally. The data is being used to develop more effective, evidence-based policies and strategies.
	DEFRA also funded a research report by the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science into the causes and incentives of fly-tipping. The report concludes that there is not one cause of fly-tipping but a number of separate ones.
	Assessing the specific effect of the landfill tax on fly-tipping would be extremely difficult, not least because there are a number of different causes of fly-tipping, some of which may need to coincide before a person decides to act illegally. Fly-tipping levels also reflect the level of enforcement and other prevention activity undertaken by the Environment Agency and local authorities, which can offset any increase in illegal activity.
	Although the research recognises that one of these causes may be the cost of legitimate waste disposal, the landfill tax is an important instrument in reducing our reliance on landfill and moving to more sustainable waste management options. The actual increases, together with the knowledge of the future rate of tax, is sending a strong signal. This will change behaviour, while allowing business time to adjust and make the necessary investment in alternative waste treatment routes.

Whales: International Cooperation

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Prime Minister discussed possible legal action by Australia against Japan on whaling at his recent meeting with the Australian Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement.

Jonathan R Shaw: Whaling was not discussed at this meeting. However, I recently spoke to the hon. Peter Garrett MP, Australian Minister for the Environment about whether legal action might reasonably be pursued and if so, how. I understand Australia is currently considering what, if any, legal avenues are available to challenge Japans whaling operations. I assured Mr. Garrett that we would be prepared to examine carefully any suggestions that the Australian government might feel able to make in the light of those considerations.
	We also discussed the meeting I held with the Japanese deputy ambassador on 8 January to express the UK's outrage over Japan's 'scientific' whaling activities. I assured Mr. Garrett that I had left Japan in no doubt as to the strength of feeling in the UK on the issue and that the UK government will continue to make our opposition to whaling known to Japan at every appropriate opportunity.
	We also discussed the recent seminar on commercial whaling I attended in Copenhagen on 10 March. The event was co-hosted by the British embassy and the Society for the Conservation of Marine Mammals. The aim was to raise awareness among the Danish public of the cruel and unsustainable nature of whaling and to attempt to persuade Denmark to take a more pro-conservationist approach at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting.
	I confirmed the UK will once again play an important role in the conservation and protection of cetaceans at the next annual meeting of the IWC to be held in Santiago, Chile in June 2008. We agreed our countries would continue to be at the forefront of the fight to ensure that countries seeking to remove protection for cetacean species around the world do not succeed.

Higher Education: Kettering

Philip Hollobone: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will meet the hon. Member for Kettering and local authority representatives to discuss the provision of a university in Kettering.

Bill Rammell: holding answer 31 March 2008
	I am delighted by the interest that our new university challenge has generated. This policy offers towns and cities the opportunity to unlock the potential in their area by working with those involved in regeneration and economic planning to provide locally- based HE provision. The Secretary of State has agreed to meet a delegation from Kettering to discuss these issues.

Learning Disability: Health Services

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  what consideration his Department has given to increasing the number of  (a) health facilitators and (b) learning disability liaison nurses in the NHS; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  which NHS trusts have a disability equality scheme in place; and how many such schemes include provision to meet the needs of patients with learning disabilities;
	(3)  how many people with a learning disability had a health action plan in place at the latest date for which figures are available;
	(4)  how many  (a) learning disability liaison nurses and  (b) health facilitators there are in the national health service; and how many of each are on (i) permanent and (ii) fixed-term contracts;
	(5)  what plans he has to reduce the health inequalities experienced by people with a learning disability; and if he will make a statement.

Ivan Lewis: We will be looking at these and other roles on primary care and specialist services as part of our consideration of the consultation responses to "Valuing People Now". The deadline for responses to this consultation was 28 March 2008 and the responses are currently being analysed. We will publish a revised strategy which takes account of the consultation responses in the early autumn.
	The Department's good practice guidance on "Commissioning specialist adult learning disability services", published in October 2007, highlights the importance of the health facilitation role working with primary care teams, community health professionals and staff involved in delivering secondary health care.
	The information requested on how many learning disability liaison nurses and health facilitators there are in the national health service; and how many of each are on permanent and fixed-term contracts is not held centrally. We do no collect data on national health service staff contracts.
	Information on the numbers of learning disability liaison nurses and health facilitators: neither group is separately identified in the NHS workforce census. However, the number of specialist learning disability nurses is collected in the census and this information is shown in the following table.
	The information on how many NHS trusts have a disability equality scheme is not collected centrally. All NHS trusts are required under the terms of the Disability Discrimination Act to publish disability equality schemes that set out, among other things, how they intend to meet their duties towards disability equality. To assist them in this the Department published best practice guidance—"Creating a disability equality scheme a practical guide for the NHS"—in October 2006. Further guidance, specific to learning disabilities, is to be published shortly.
	The information requested on how many people with a learning disability had a health action plan in place is not held centrally.
	The Department recognises that more needs to be done to improve access to NHS services for people with learning disabilities. That is why health care is one of the key priorities within the "Valuing People Now" consultation document.
	The Department has committed to a wide-ranging programme of action, set out in the document "Promoting Equality" that was published in March 2007 (and copies of which are available in the Library) to respond to recommendations made by the Disability Rights Commission. This action includes:
	a programme of work to support wider implementation of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities;
	supporting primary care trusts (PCTs) (as commissioners of health services) in understanding and acting on the needs of people with learning disabilities and involving them in commissioning and reviewing services, in particular through sponsoring PCT commissioning 'exemplar sites';
	overseeing work with professional, regulatory and educational bodies to address understanding of learning disability in education and training for general practitioners, nurses and other health staff;
	improving the way that the Department of Health and the NHS evaluate key health initiatives for their impact on people with learning disabilities; and
	improving collection and management of information about health needs, services and health outcomes for people with learning disabilities and developing a more coordinated approach to performance monitoring.
	The Department published commissioning guidance for specialist learning disability health services—"Commissioning specialist adult learning disability health services—Good practice guidance 31 October 2007—and will shortly publish further guidance on meeting the disability equality duty in relation to people with learning disabilities. The Department is also taking forward a Human Rights in Health Care Programme, helping the NHS to recognise and respect the fundamental human rights of all patients.
	
		
			  NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff ,  England as at September 2007 
			  Headcount 
			   Community and learning disabilities  Other learning disabilities 
			 All qualified nursing 3,512 4,106 
			 Nurse consultant 24 10 
			 Modern matron 18 19 
			 Community matron (1)— (1)— 
			 Manager 110 229 
			 Registered nurse—children (1)— (1)— 
			 Registered midwife (1)— (1)— 
			 Health visitor (1)— (1)— 
			 District nurse (1)— (1)— 
			 School nurse (1)— (1)— 
			 Other 1st level(2) 3,235 3,621 
			 Other 2nd level(2) 125 227 
			 (1) Not applicable.  (2) Other 1st and 2nd level include staff coded as community psychiatric nurses (CPN) and community learning disabilities nurses (CLDN) with a specific recordable community qualification. 
		
	
	
		
			  Full-time equivalent 
			   Community and learning disabilities  Other learning disabilities 
			 All qualified nursing 2,986 3,607 
			 Nurse consultant 23 10 
			 Modern matron 18 19 
			 Community matron (1)— (1)— 
			 Manager 105 220 
			 Registered nurse—children (1)— (1)— 
			 Registered midwife (1)— (1)— 
			 Health visitor (1)— (1)— 
			 District nurse (1)— (1)— 
			 School nurse (1)— (1)— 
			 Other 1st level(2) 2,748 3,151 
			 Other 2nd level(2) 92 207 
			 (1) Not applicable.  (2) Other 1st and 2nd level include staff coded as CPN and CLDN with a specific recordable community qualification.   Note:  Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.   Source:  The Information Centre for health and social care 2007 Non-Medical Workforce Census.

Arts Council England: Finance

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much grant-in-aid Arts Council England received in each year since 1997.

Margaret Hodge: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport gave Arts Council England the following grant in aid in each year since 1997. The figure for 2007-08 is the forecast outturn. Figures for 2008-09 - 2010-11 are the Arts Council's resource grant in aid allocation.
	
		
			   GIA income (£000) (outturn figures) 
			 1997-98 179,026 
			 1998-99 179,337 
			 1999-2000 212,248 
			 2000-01 238,179 
			 2001-02 252,455 
			 2002-03 290,405 
			 2003-04 325,955 
			 2004-05 369,859 
			 2005-06 409,178 
			 2006-07 427,862 
			 2007-08 422,610 
			 2008-09 428,955 
			 2009-10 443,455 
			 2010-11 466,955

Departmental Data Protection

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials in  (a) his Department and  (b) the agencies of his Department were disciplined or dismissed for (i) alleged breaches of data protection requirements and (ii) inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in each of the last three years for which information is available.

Gerry Sutcliffe: No officials have been either dismissed or discipline for alleged breaches of data protection requirements or inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data in any of the last three years.

Sports: Finance

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department has allocated to sports and leisure governing bodies in each of the last three years, broken down by activity.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 3 April 2008
	My Department does not fund sport and leisure national governing bodies directly. This is done by Grant-in-Aid and Lottery funding through Sport England and UK Sport. The figures supplied by both bodies are:
	
		
			  Combined funding to national governing bodies 
			   £ 
			 2005-06 114,338,236 
			 2006-07 163,951,312 
			 2007-08 122,164,193 
		
	
	
		
			  £ 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  Total 
			  Activities funded via Sport England 
			  Exchequer 
			 Angling 185,000 0 40,000 225,000 
			 Archery 15,000 15,000 0 30,000 
			 Athletics 1,127,000 367,000 670,462 2,164,462 
			 Badminton 170,000 207,500 176,875 554,375 
			 Basketball 216,000 163,500 137,750 517,250 
			 Boxing 0 5,000 20,000 25,000 
			 Canoeing 45,000 132,500 127,500 305,000 
			 Caving 5,000 2,500 0 7,500 
			 Cricket 655,000 2,186,500 2,831,600 5,673,100 
			 Cycling 117,917 414,345 235,000 767,262 
			 Disabled Sport 0 467,033 0 467,033 
			 Equestrian 35,000 35,000 69,000 139,000 
			 Fencing 50,000 30,000 0 80,000 
			 Football 916,000 356,000 3,845,000 5,117,000 
			 Golf 149,000 209,000 308,250 666,250 
			 Gymnastics 544,000 377,000 380,000 1,301,000 
			 Handball 7,000 3,500 0 10,500 
			 Hockey 188,000 215,500 255,231 658,731 
			 Ice Skating 25,000 25,000 0 50,000 
			 Judo 60,000 85,000 84,500 229,500 
			 Lacrosse 289,333 17,000 25,000 331,333 
			 Life Saving 7,000 3,500 0 10,500 
			 Mountaineering 170,000 5,000 0 175,000 
			 Movement and Dance 25,500 22,000 4,750 52,250 
			 Multi Sports 861,000 823,101  1,684,101 
			 Netball 180,000 193,500 182,500 556,000 
			 Orienteering 135,000 45,000 44,250 224,250 
			 Petanque 5,000 0 0 5,000 
			 Real Tennis 6,000 3,000 0 9,000 
			 Rounders 100,000 0 50,000 150,000 
			 Rowing 76,667 122,500 112,625 311,792 
			 Rugby League 140,500 1,683,500 1,682,500 3,506,500 
			 Rugby Union 965,000 1,874,250 2,512,488 5,351,738 
			 Sailing 75,000 158,462 146,213 379,675 
			 Shooting 6,500 0 0 6,500 
			 Skiing 40,000 30,000 0 70,000 
			 Squash 146,000 200,700 182,500 529,200 
			 Swimming 701,000 462000 460,000 1,623,000 
			 Table Tennis 179917 179571 212,625 572,113 
			 Tennis 61000 1,820,000 1,811,250 3,692,250 
			 Triathlon 75,000 15,000 118,699 208,699 
			 Tug of War 3,250 1,500 0 4,750 
			 Volleyball 417,917 108,000 123,250 649,167 
			 Water Skiing 35,000 0 0 35,000 
			 Windsurfing 0 0 80,000 80,000 
			 Wrestling 10,000 5,000 0 15.000 
			 Total 9,221,501 13,069,462 16,929,818 39,220,781 
			  
			  Lottery 
			 Angling 0 184,999 500,000 684,999 
			 Athletics 3,213,312 5,513,853 6,674,483 15,401,648 
			 Badminton 3,509,290 6,709,065 2,089,000 12,307,355 
			 Baseball 1,200,000 0 801,500 2,001,500 
			 Bobsleigh 9,400 28,200 0 37,600 
			 Basketball 811,000 650,000 965,000 2,426,000 
			 Boxing 963,528 1,630,200 230,000 2,823,728 
			 Canoeing 1,550,000 1,860,000 1,809,000 5,219,000 
			 Cricket 2,355,350 10834224 2,534,230 15,723,804 
			 Cycling 2,920,000 4,176,000 445,000 7,541,000 
			 Equestrian 1,000,000 906,000 1,405,200 3,311,200 
			 Football 9,216,694 0 0 9,216,694 
			 Golf 2,000,000 6,000,000 1,537,000 9,537,000 
			 Gymnastics 2,022,198 1945948 2,357,916 6,326,062 
			 Hockey 2,031,623 3,130,000 195,000 5,356,623 
			 Ice Skating 86,875 0 51,281 138,156 
			 Judo 3,893,108 0 1,082,190 4,975,298 
			 Karate 450,000 250,000 0 700,000 
			 Lacrosse 840,000 0 467,000 1,307,000 
			 Modern Pentathlon 585,000 444,000 0 1,029,000 
			 Mountaineering 0 600,000 180,000 780,000 
			 Movement and Dance 0 150,000 410,000 560'000 
			 Multi Sports 131,790 3,389,300 1,032,991 4,554,081 
			 Netball 2,742,911 8,100,452 1,567,852 12,411,215 
			 Orienteering 285,000 375,000 725,980 1,385,980 
			 Rounders 0 300,000 110,000 410,000 
			 Rowing 2,900,000 2,247,000 1,863,008 7,010,008 
			 Rugby League 2,450,000 7,050,000 0 9,500,000 
			 Rugby Union 3,709,355 4,567,969 0 8,277,324 
			 Shooting 96,000 0 0 96,000 
			 Skiing 2,557,000 3,054,000 1,214,376 6,825,376 
			 Squash 1,525,000 4,500,000 1,241,500 7,266,500 
			 Swimming 6,922,793 5,909,654 195,000 13,027,447 
			 Table Tennis 3,475,000 0 155,000 3,630,000 
			 Taekwondo 30,000 0 0 30,000 
			 Tennis 8,122,928 0 0 8,122,928 
			 Triathlon 801.250 1,709,400 1,134,764 3,645,414 
			 Volleyball 0 990,000 490,995 1,480,995 
			 Water Skiing 140,000 525,000 0 665,000 
			 Wrestling 54,628 0 125,040 179,668 
			 Total 74,601,033 87,730,264 33,590,306 195,921,603 
			  
			  Activities funded via UK Sport 
			  Exchequer 
			 Airsports 47,345 51,560 49,032 147,937 
			 Athletics 2,452,935 3,624,139 2,526,300 8,603,374 
			 Archery 55,076 378,084 441,391 874,551 
			 Badminton 1,730 101,287 859,901 962,918 
			 Basketball 3,370 9,265 1,939,973 1,952,608 
			 Baseball 107,445 171,845 171,633 450,923 
			 Biathlon 0 1,470 0 1,470 
			 Bob Skeleton 128,562 5,998 0 134,560 
			 Bobsleigh 62,935 83,990 110,000 256,925 
			 Boccia 0 0 138,894 138,894 
			 Bowls 4,095 3,165 1,130 8,390 
			 Boxing 11,215 432,370 1,034,725 1,478,310 
			 Canoe 483,685 993,044 1,006,147 2,482,876 
			 Caving 12,530 5,500 0 18,030 
			 Curling 70,750 55,295 38,713 164,758 
			 Cycling 2,640,682 3,829,661 4,213,961 10,684,304 
			 Disabled Sport 102,674 208,665 860,822 1,172,161 
			 Equestrian 289,295 1,338,374 2,436,144 4,063,813 
			 Fencing 54,350 288,898 514,927 858,175 
			 Football 6,378 0 0 6,378 
			 Golf 0 10,334 0 10,334 
			 Gymnastics 738,504 434,942 835,539 2,008,985 
			 Handball 5,025 418,570 873,720 1,297,315 
			 Hang Gliding and Paragliding 30,000 30,000 30,000 90,000 
			 Hockey 47,913 2,493,456 2,552,743 5,094,112 
			 Ice Hockey 515 1,850 1,723 4,088 
			 Ice Skating 129,000 64,500 0 193,500 
			 judo 306,250 489,609 664,541 1,460,400 
			 Karate 2,040 2,155 2,685 6,880 
			 Lacrosse 8,085 31,065 6,085 45,235 
			 Life Saving 9,625 3,895 3,885 17,405 
			 Modern Pentathlon 160,000 350,000 416,000 926,000 
			 Motor Cycling 8,125 11,105 6,397 25,627 
			 Mountaineering 85,655 60,550 25,630 171,835 
			 Netball 4,150 6,351 8,237 18,738 
			 Orienteering 235,197 228,990 255,981 720,168 
			 Parachute 25,000 25,000 25,000 75,000 
			 Physical Education 0 0 2,067 2,067 
			 Rowing 2,459,484 6,504,953 5,894,828 14,859,265 
			 Rugby League 39,485 0 0 39,485 
			 Rugby Union 22,115 0 0 22,115 
			 Sailing 20,000 26,246 23,000 69,246 
			 Shooting 186,928 523,125 956,700 1,666,753 
			 Snowsports 169,435 166,385 259,106 594,926 
			 Squash 8,930 12,195 26,863 47,988 
			 Swimming 357,679 2,602,668 3,217,243 6,177,590 
			 Table Tennis 13,080 353,358 397,476 763,914 
			 Taekwondo 40,000 274,383 360,293 674,676 
			 Target Shooting 0 0 5,534 5,534 
			 Tennis 0 41,500 162,700 204,200 
			 Triathlon 326,755 169,185 361,704 857,644 
			 Volleyball 12,505 442,910 1,039,921 1,495,336 
			 Water Skiing 207,525 222,050 230,693 660,268 
			 Weight Lifting 97,660 172,445 531,538 801,643 
			 Wrestling 20,000 275,730 338,590 634,320 
			 Yachting 1,908,346 3,348,503 3,432,309 8,689,158 
			 Total 14,220,063 31,380,618 39,292,422 84,893,103 
			  
			  Lottery 
			 Airsports 7,066 1,570 0 8,636 
			 Athletics 1,406,370 4,013,947 2,805,725 8,226,042 
			 Archery 451,506 673,759 704,191 1,829,456 
			 Badminton 164,000 1,505,935 1,615,483 3,285,418 
			 Basketball 0 0 14,000 14,000 
			 Bob Skeleton 126,718 427,240 518,311 1,072,269 
			 Bobsleigh 77,164 28,928 33,364 139,456 
			 Boccia 41,361 48,639 43,306 133,306 
			 Boxing 0 359,416 355,292 714,708 
			 Canoe 1,183,098 1,938,157 2,480,794 5,602,049 
			 Curling 147,790 54,919 159,280 361,989 
			 Cycling 550,414 2,651,865 2,602,704 5,804,983 
			 Disabled Sport 991,523 1,069,332 730,364 2,791,219 
			 Equestrian 1,491,607 1,960,858 1,454,059 4,906,524 
			 Eventing 60,000 7,555 0 67,555 
			 Fencing 213,412 242,970 423,317 879,699 
			 Figure Skating 0 0 4,000 4,000 
			 Football 50,000 0 10,000 60,000 
			 Gymnastics 582,440 1,423,756 1,523,126 3,529,322 
			 Handball 0 0 213,776 213,776 
			 Hockey 0 0 672,393 672,393 
			 Ice Skating 227,549 272,402 284,258 784,209 
			 Judo 667,231 1,205,266 1,433,197 3,305,694 
			 Modern Pentathlon 508,615 949,439 1,167,758 2,625,812 
			 Orienteering 76,550 0 0 76,550 
			 Rowing 1,214,881 1,266,978 1,405,482 3,887,341 
			 Rugby Union 3,642 250,000 39,000 292,642 
			 Sailing 243,200 107,200 180,118 530,518 
			 Shooting 424,952 477,176 542,450 1,444,578 
			 Snowsports 260,000 151,473 75,749 487,222 
			 Swimming 3,279,806 5,545,293 5,574,219 14,399,318 
			 Table Tennis 0 222,450 252,700 475,150 
			 Taekwondo 229,648 326,796 543,745 1,100,189 
			 Tennis 65,244 187,854 63,415 316,513 
			 Triathlon 709,755 716,927 776,238 2,202,920 
			 Volleyball 0 122,000 261,850 383,850 
			 Weight Lifting 132,032 181,396 143,469 456,897 
			 Wrestling 104,376 118,287 317,645 540,308 
			 Yachting 603,689 3,261,185 2,926,869 6,791,743 
			 Total 16,295,639 31,770,968 32,351,647 80,418,254

Strip Clubs

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of lap-dancing clubs licensed by local authorities since the introduction of the Licensing Act 2003.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Department does not hold this information. As part of its data collection in connection with the Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment Licensing Statistical Bulletin, which was published on 8 November 2007, the Department has broadly recorded a number of licensable activities that have been carried out under the 2003 Act. However, this data is not broken down into specific types of entertainment, such as lap dancing.

Departmental Carbon Emissions

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department and its predecessors spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments for carbon offsetting have been made in each such year.

Maria Eagle: As a central Government Department, the Ministry of Justice supports DEFRA's Global Carbon Offsetting Fund (GCOF). As the Ministry was created in May 2007 and the 2007-08 data has not yet been verified and offset, we are unable to provide data for the Ministry of Justice. For 2005-06, the Home Office will report on their old structure and the Ministry of Justice will report on the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
	The Department for Constitutional Affairs joined the GCOF in 2006 and offset £606.72 for the 2006-07 reporting year. The payment was made to the GCOF approved portfolio of Certified Emission Reductions from Trading Emissions plc. More information can be found at:
	http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/uk/carbonoffset/government.htm

Young Offender Institutions: Restraint Techniques

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many injuries sustained by offenders held in  (a) secure training centres,  (b) secure children's homes and  (c) young offender institutions resulted in the offender receiving hospital treatment in each year since 2000, broken down by establishment; and if he will make a statement.

David Hanson: The Youth Justice Board has collected data on self-harm, assault and restraint using common definitions across the secure estate since April 2007. Data compiled before that time are not comparable between different sectors.
	The following table shows the requested information for the period 1 April 2007 to 29 February 2008. It shows the number of injuries resulting in hospitalisation as a result of assault, restraint or self-harm in secure training centres, young offender institutions and secure children's homes.
	
		
			   2007  2008 
			   Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan  Feb 
			  Secure training centres
			 Hassockfield 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 
			 Rainsbrook 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Oakhill 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 
			 Medway 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 
			  Young offender institutions
			 Ashfield 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 
			 Pare 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 
			 Brinsford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 
			 Casting-ton 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 
			 Feltham 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 
			 Hindley 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Huntercombe 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 
			 Lancaster Farms 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 Stoke Heath 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 
			 Thorn Cross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Warren Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 
			 Werrington 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 
			 Wetherby 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 Cookham Wood(1) 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1 0 n/a n/a n/a 
			 Downview 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 
			 Eastwood Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Foston Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 
			 New Hall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 
			  Secure children's homes
			 Aldine House 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 
			 Atkinson Unit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Aycliffe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Barton Moss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Clayfields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 East Moor 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Gladstone House 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Hillside Secure 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Kyloe House 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Orchard Lodge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Red Bank 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Sutton Place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Swanwick Lodge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Vinney Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 
			 (1) Cookham Wood was not occupied for part of the period.  Note: Data provided by the YJB. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.

Young Offenders

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average number of hours per day spent in purposeful activity was by prisoners in  (a) young offender institutions and  (b) juvenile custodial institutions in each week of February and March 2008.

David Hanson: The following table shows the average number of hours per day spent in purposeful activity by prisoners in  (a) young offender institutions and  (b) juvenile custodial institutions, for each week in February and March 2008.
	
		
			  Week commencing  YO male  Juvenile male 
			 3 February 2008 3.9 4.2 
			 10 February 2008 3.7 4.1 
			 17 February 2008 3.8 4.2 
			 24 February 2008 3.7 4.3 
			 2 March 2008 3.8 4.2 
			 9 March 2008 3.7 4.2 
			 16 March 2008 1 3.5 3.9 
			 23 March 2008 3.2 3.8 
			 30 March 2008 3.6 4.2 
			  Note: Data are provisional and subject to end year validation.

Young Offenders: Education

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the average number of hours of education undertaken by a prisoner in a young offender institution per week.

David Hanson: The average number of hours spent in educational activity per week per prisoner in young offender and juvenile institutions during 2007-08 was 12.2 hours. Data is provisional and subject to end year validation, which may see an increase in educational activity undertaken by prisoners.

Children in Care

David Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of children's homes were assessed as providing inadequate provision in each year from 1996-97 to 2007-08; and if she will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: I have been asked to reply.
	Since April 2007, children's homes have been regulated by the Chief Inspector for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills; prior to that they were regulated by the Commission for Social Care Inspection. Data on the outcome of inspections of individual homes is not held centrally by this Department.
	We recognise that standards need to improve and are taking a number of steps to improve provision in children's homes. The Children and Young Persons Bill, currently before Parliament, includes provisions to strengthen the Chief Inspector's powers to address poor performance. In addition, we are taking forward work, through the Children's Workforce Development Council, to develop a framework of skills which all those caring for children in residential homes will be expected to demonstrate. We will also be piloting a social pedagogic approach in children's homes, in order to support residential care staff in working more effectively with children in a group setting.

Fire Services: Aviation

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many aircraft incidents were attended by the fire service in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Parmjit Dhanda: The number of aircraft incidents attended by fire and rescue services since 1997-08 is set out as follows.
	
		
			  Aircraft incidents attended by fire and rescue services in England, 1997-98 to 2006-07 
			   Number 
			 1997-98 299 
			 1998-99 378 
			 1999-2000 231 
			 2000-01 194 
			 2001-02 259 
			 2002-03 178 
			 2003-04 211 
			 2004-05 238 
			 2005-06 187 
			 2006-07 235

Homelessness: Armed Forces

Patrick Mercer: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many former armed forces service personnel were estimated to have been homeless in  (a) 1997 and  (b) 2007.

Iain Wright: Information about local authorities' actions under homelessness legislation is collected quarterly at local authority level, in respect of households rather than people. Information reported includes the number of households accepted by local authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty. The duty owed to an accepted household is to secure suitable accommodation.
	Since 2005, data has been collected on the number of accepted households whose reason for loss of last settled home was having left HM forces. In 2007, 211 applicants accepted as owed the main homelessness duty cited the reason for loss of their last settled home as having left HM forces, representing 0.3 per cent. of total acceptances
	Information is also available by the priority need of the household. In 2007 there were 36 households accepted as being in priority need primarily as a result of being vulnerable through having served in HM forces. This represents less than 0.1 per cent. of all acceptances in the year. However some ex-forces personnel will be hidden within other priority need categories, for example, the presence of dependent children or having a mental illness), and so will not show up as ex-forces in these figures.
	Many of those applicants with the HM forces priority need are likely to have the reason for loss of having left HM forces accommodation, so there will be overlap between the two figures.
	Local authorities who conduct rough sleeper counts collect information on any individuals sleeping rough, and these are published annually on our website. Figures include those rough sleepers who have previously served in HM forces, but these are not shown separately.
	Rough sleeping among ex-armed forces personnel has dropped. There is no specific data for 1997 but studies at the time suggested between a quarter and one fifth of rough sleepers had been in the armed forces at some stage. There is specific information for London provided under the Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) recording system. In 2006-07, for those rough sleepers in London contacted by services, 5 per cent. had spent some time in the armed forces in the past. This has remained consistent over the last four years.

Households: Temporary Accommodation

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homeless households were in temporary accommodation in  (a) each Government Office region and  (b) each local authority in each year since 1997.

Iain Wright: Information about English local authorities' actions under homelessness legislation is collected quarterly at local authority level. Data on the number of households in temporary accommodation in each Government office region are published in the Department's quarterly statistical release on Statutory Homelessness, at the end of each quarter.
	Table 7 of the statistical release provides information on temporary accommodation by Government office region for each year from 1997 onwards. The tables from the latest release, published on 10 March 2008, have been deposited in the Library of the House and are available from our website at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/housing/xls/714966.xls
	A table summarising homelessness figures for each local authority for the past 10 years, including the total number of households in temporary accommodation is available in the Library of the House.

Detainees: Guantanamo Bay

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response he has received from the US authorities on the Government's request for the return of Mr. Binyam Mohammed from Guantanamo Bay; and what reports he has received of plans to try Mr. Mohammed before a US military tribunal.

David Miliband: As I set out in my written ministerial statement on 13 December,  Official Report, columns 56-57WS, the US is not currently inclined to agree to our request for the release and return of Mr. Mohamed to the UK. However, my officials continue to discuss his case with the US. While he was charged under the previous Military Commissions arrangements, our contacts with the US have not revealed formal proceedings against him under the new Military Commissions Act.

EU External Relations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether defence attachés or military representatives of EU member states will form part of the EU's proposed External Action Service; and if he will make a statement.

Jim Murphy: There have not yet been any detailed discussions on the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (EEAS)? but its creation will have no impact on the ability of national Defence Attaches and Military Representatives to perform their bilateral representative duties. The decision to launch the EEAS will not be taken until after the Treaty enters into force.

Bird and Bird

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 2005; and what the  (a) value and  (b) duration of each such contract was.

Kevin Brennan: Since 2005, the Department has contracted with Bird and Bird using the Office of Government Commerce Buying Solutions open L-Cat Framework agreement for procuring external legal services. The Department does not hold a comprehensive central contracts record. However, the following table presents available information, including known payments for the contracts concerned. Further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Departmental initiative /activity supported  Contract period  Contract value/payments made to Bird and Bird 
			 General legal advice to support the DfES Smartcard Project 2005-06 Framework Agreement used. Payments made were: 
			   2005: £10,358 
			   2006: £21,569 
			
			 IP Telephony, Records Management BT VOIP Project January 2005-08 Framework Agreement used. Payments made were: 
			   2006: £4,559 
			   2007: £24,144 
			   2008: £13,133 
			
			 ContactPoint initiative February 2006 to March 2008 Framework Agreement Contract value was: 
			   £315,000 
			 Electronic Common Assessment Framework February 2008 to April 2008 Framework Agreement Contract value was: 
			   £18,835 
			   Payments made between 2006 to 2008 total: 
			   £224,795 
			
			 Education Maintenance Allowance Initiative 2005 Payment of: 
			   £17,723

Children in Care

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in care were placed with a member of their extended family in each of the last 10 years.

Kevin Brennan: Information on the number of children in care who were placed with a member of their extended family in each of the last 10 years is not collected centrally by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). However, table A3, taken from the Statistical First Release (SFR 27/2007) entitled "Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2007", shows the number of children looked after by English local authorities, who were placed with a foster carer, who was either a relative or friend at 31 March for each year from 2003 to 2007. The SFR is located at:
	http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000741/index.shtml
	and table A3 can be found within the first set of excel tables on the website.

Departmental Pensions

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the  (a) rate and  (b) cost was of employer contributions for each public sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility in each year since 1990-91; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan: Employer contribution rates for the Teachers' Pension Scheme from 1990-91 to the present are shown in the following table. The increase in the contribution rate on 1 April 2003 reflected a change in the way the scheme was financed with pensions increase (i.e. the inflation increases in the value of pensions in payment) now reflected in the total contribution rate paid by members and their employers rather than being met separately by the Exchequer.
	
		
			  Period  Rate of charge  (percentage) 
			 1 April 1989 to 30 June 1997 8.05 
			 1 July 1997 to 31 March 2000 7.2 
			 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2002 7.4 
			 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 8.35 
			 1 April 2003 to 31 December 2006 13.5 
			 1 January 2007 to present 14.1 
		
	
	The values of contributions received for each year are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Cost  (£000) 
			 1990-91 (1)754,353 
			 1991-92 825,536 
			 1992-93 907,610 
			 1993-94 949,117 
			 1994-95 971,009 
			 1995-96 975,127 
			 1996-97 1,011,146 
			 1997-98 955,115 
			 1998-99 950,057 
			 1999-2000 1,006,714 
			 2000-01 1,085,978 
			 2001-02 1,207,778 
			 2002-03 1,447,375 
			 2003-04 2,506,296 
			 2004-05 2,578,001 
			 2005-06 2,670,087 
			 2006-07 2,819,704 
			 2007-08 3,020,578 
			 (1) Data for 1990-91 has been estimated based on the total contributions made.

Departmental Public Participation

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many public consultations were held by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last three years; and how many respondents took part in each consultation.

Kevin Brennan: The Department for Education and Skills (DFES) launched 45 consultations in calendar 2005 and 44 consultations in calendar year 2006. In calendar year 2007 DFES launched 36 consultations between January and June, and the Department for Children, Schools and Families launched 15 consultations between July and December.
	
		
			  Consultation  Number of responses 
			  2005  
			 Review of the future role of FE Colleges 221 
			 Putting children first: Parenting Plans, a Planner for Separating Parents 61 
			 Enhancement of Private Fostering Notification System 7 
			 Consultation on new school funding arrangements from 2006-07 757 
			 Skillset Film Industry Training Board 13 
			 Regulations and Guidance on Plan on the Children and Young People's Plan 101 
			 DFES Statutory guidance: Duty on local authorities to promote the educational achievement of looked after children 113 
			 Children's Services Inspection Regulations 4 
			 Skills: Getting on in business, getting on at work 84 
			 Draft Adoption Regulations and Guidance for Consultation: Prescribed Fees (Adoptions with a foreign element) and Non-Agency Adoptions 4 
			 School Swimming Consultation 457 
			 Questions to Children's Information Service and Sure Start Provision 56 
			 Children's Workforce Strategy Consultation 695 
			 Draft Section 11 Statutory Guidance on Making Arrangements to Safeguard and Promote the Welfare of Children 99 
			 Building Bulletin 77: Designing for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Schools 38 
			 Early years regulations 96 
			 Making Safeguarding Everybody's Business: A Post-Bichard Vetting Scheme 310 
			 Inclusion, Equality and Diversity: Data 116 
			 NPQICL Consultation 24 
			 School Inspection Regulations 9 
			 Review of HE Student Finance Delivery 111 
			 Consultation on the rationalisation of grant funding from the Children, Young People and Families Directorate to voluntary organisation 48 
			 Consultation on Draft Code of Practice on the Provision of Free Nursery Education Places for 3 and 4 year olds 585 
			 Review of the Future of FE Colleges 163 
			 Draft Electronic Commerce (Adoption and Children Act 2002) Regulations 2005 0 
			 Consultation on proposals to extend the streamlined route for schools to acquire foundation status to primary schools 20 
			 Proposed Amendments To The Children (Prescribed Orders—Northern Ireland, Guernsey And Isle Of Man) Regulations 1991 0 
			 Consultation on proposals to extend the streamlined route for schools to acquire foundation status to primary schools 20 
			 Childcare Legislation 354 
			 Somewhere to go? Something to do? 19,023 
			 Youth matters 1,045 
			 School Admissions: Consultation on the draft School Admissions Code of Practice, School Admission Appeals Code of Practice and assorted regulations 260 
			 Working Together To Safeguard Children and Local Safeguarding Children Board Regulations 302 
			 A Single Inspectorate for Children and Learners 65 
			 Consultation on a modified distribution method for the Dedicated Schools grant (DSG) for 2006-07 and 2007-08 202 
			 New Fire Safety Guidance for Schools 28 
			 Cross Government Guidance - Sharing Information on Children and Young People 257 
			 European Qualifications Framework 3 
			 Review of the regulations governing the registration of pupils in schools 182 
			 Improving the Higher Education Applications Process 190 
			 Turning the Tables: Transforming School Food—Recommendations for the Development and Implementation of Revised School Lunch Standards 261 
			 Consultation on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment)(Further and Higher Education) Regulations 2006 1 
			 Consistent Financial Reporting Framework 2006 - 07 91 
			 Draft Standards for SEN Support and Outreach Services 171 
			 Education Outside the Classroom Manifesto 680 
			 Green Paper: Reducing Re-Offending Through Skills and Employment 95 
			   
			  2006  
			 Consultation on Bringing Forward Teacher Assessment (TA) Submission Date for All Key Stages (Including the Foundation (Stage) From 2007 862 
			 National minimum fostering allowances 117 
			 School Organisation: Consultation on Secondary School Competitions and Guidance Changes 5 
			 Transforming School Food: Standards for School Food other than Lunch 203 
			 Childcare Registration: Fees Proposal 78 
			 Every Child Matters - Primary Capital Programme 103 
			 Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances 145 
			 Professionalisation of the Learning and Skills Sector 70 
			 The Early Years Foundation Stage - consultation on a single quality framework for services to children from birth to five 1,639 
			 Sustainable Schools for Pupils, Communities and the Environment 508 
			 Sustainable Schools for young people 365 
			 First Class, Adaptable, Sustainable—Teachers' Pension Scheme England and Wales: Consultation 149 
			 Performance management for teachers and headteachers 268 
			 Reform of higher education research assessment and funding 73 
			 (The Ofsted Childcare Register 112 
			 Financial Management Standard in Schools (FMSiS) — Timetable for all Schools 222 
			 Child Protection: Safer Recruitment and Vetting in the Education Service 147 
			 The Higher Education Programme—Consultation for Race (Equality Impact Assessment Purposes 3 
			 Modernising the Regulatory Framework for Children's Social Services 71 
			 Childcare Sufficiency Assessments 81 
			 Regulations on Extension of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995 to Cover General Qualifications Bodies 12 
			 Children Missing Education—Draft Statutory Guidance to Support Clause 4 of the Education and Inspections Bill 2006 59 
			 School Admissions Consultation 2006 2,229 
			 ContactPoint: Consultation on Draft Information Sharing Index, (England) Regulations and Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment 255 
			 Data Collection Regulations 12 
			 Consultation on draft regulations setting out the process for setting [statutory targets for local authorities under the Childcare Act 2006 47 
			 Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances—The (Implications For Race Equality 4 
			 Childcare Act 2006: Section 12 Duty to Provide Information, Advice and Assistance 71 
			 Consultation on the Draft Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) (Religion or Belief) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 6 
			 Care Matters: transforming the lives of children and young people in care 682 
			 Young People's Guide to the Care Matters Green Paper 228 
			 Amendments to regulations under Section 142 of the Education Act 2002 and the Childcare disqualification regulations which apply to applications for registration made under Part XA of the Children Act 1989 28 
			 'Supplementary Consultation on School Admissions' 194 
			 Education and Inspections Act 2006: Consultation on School Organisation and Governance Regulations and Guidance 19 
			 Personalising Further Education: Developing a Vision 77 
			 International GCSEs in the maintained sector in England 121 
			 Definition of Full Time Education in Independent Schools 179 
			 Financial Benchmarking—website - Identifying schools by name 279 
			 Education and Inspections Act 2006: Consultation on school travel guidance 96 
			 European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training 21 
			 Quality Standards for Young People's Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) 190 
			 The Languages Review 211 
			 Consultation on Regulations and Guidance on Management Committees for Pupil Referral Units 63 
			 (EYFS Learning and Development Requirements Order 46 
			   
			  2007  
			 Education and Inspections Act 2006: Consultation on Statutory Guidance on Schools Causing Concern 12 
			 Statutory Guidance on Section 6 Education and Inspections Act (Positive Activities for Young People) 95 
			 Delivering World-class Skills in a Demand-led System 381 
			 Making Good Progress 152 
			 Exemption from Ofsted Childcare Registration 39 
			 Post-16 progression measure 93 
			 Safeguarding Children from Abuse linked to a Belief in Spirit Possession 63 
			 Consultation on draft regulations to apply section 62A of the Education Act 2002 to Pupil Referral Units 10 
			 Securing Sufficient Childcare 48 
			 Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment 13 
			 Draft Guidance for School Staff: Screening or Searching Pupils for Weapons (Clause 45 in the Violent Crime Reduction Act) 17 
			 Consultation on Revised Exclusions Guidance - September 2007 86 
			 Review of the Regulations Requiring Schools Maintained by Local Authorities to Set Attendance Targets of Pupils in Schools 98 
			 EYFS Learning and Development Exemptions 36 
			 Consultation on school, early years and 14-16 funding 2008-11 512 
			 DFES Guidance to Schools on School Uniform Related Policies 232 
			 Raising Expectations: Staying in education and training post-16 473 
			 Consultation on New Charging Regulations for Music Tuition 24 
			 Children's Workforce Strategy Update- Spring 2007 71 
			 Education and Training for Young People in the Youth Justice System - A Consultation 59 
			 Childcare Registration Requirements 39 
			 Increasing the Leaving Age - Have Your Say 973 
			 ContactPoint: Consultation on Draft Guidance 221 
			 Consultation on Home Education Guidelines 919 
			 Guidance on the Duty to Promote Community Cohesion 103 
			 Consultation on Draft Amendments to the Education (Specified Work and Registration) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 made under the Education Act 2002 60 
			 The Education (National Curriculum) (Foundation Stage Early (Learning Goals) (Amendment) (England) draft Order 2007 and The Education (National Curriculum) (Attainment Targets and Programmes of Study in English) (Amendment) (England) draft Order 2007 7 
			 Raising Standards, Improving Outcomes: Draft Statutory Guidance on the Early Years Outcomes Duty 116 
			 Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Regulations and Guidance for the Induction of Newly Qualified Teachers 77 
			 Implementing youth matters - Continuing the dialogue with young people 949 
			 Mandatory collection of 'P' scale data for pupils with special educational needs (SEN 54 
			 Section 58 of Children Act 2004 Review (Consultation) 1,405 
			 The Children Act 1989 Guidance and Regulations Volume 1 Court Orders 35 
			 Barring Consultation: Implementing the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 and the Northern Ireland Order 2007 182 
			 Increasing Voluntary Giving to Higher Education - Consultation on a matched funding scheme for English Providers of Higher Education 95 
			 CFR Framework 2007- 08 65 
			 Schools Capital Consultation on Programme Proposals for 2008-2011 187 
			 Safeguarding Children who may have been Trafficked 59 
			 Staying Safe 330 
			 Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) consultation about the transfer of responsibility for the registration of independent schools and the regulation of independent and non-maintained special schools (NMSSs) to Ofsted 76 
			 Consultation into the Definition of an Independent School 64 
			 Staying Safe — Young People's Version 709 
			 Time to Talk 1,960 
			 Time to Talk — Young People's Version 103 
			 Consultation on Draft Information as to provision of education (England) Regulations 2008 36 
			 Review of implementation of Guidance on Handling Allegations of Abuse Against Those who Work with Children and Young People 96 
			 Key Stage 3 Test Absence Collection 21 
			 Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006: Independent (Safeguarding Authority Scheme Consultation 326 
			 Draft Guidance To Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords On The Use of Parenting Orders and Parenting Contracts 7 
			 Childcare Act 2006: Future Approach to Fees and Subsidies 3,639 
			 Confidence in Standards: Regulating and developing qualifications and assessment 80

Departmental Written Questions

Mark Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of questions tabled to his Department for written answer on a named day in the current session have been answered on the day named as at 1 May 2008.

Kevin Brennan: Since the beginning of the 2007-08 Session and up to 30 April 2008 the Department has received a total of 3,135 PQs: 462 named day and 2,673 ordinary written PQs. The manual check of all named day PQs carried out to monitor the timeliness of replies for the months of November 2007 to April 2008 are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   Total named day PQs received  Total named day PQs answered on time (percentage) 
			 November 2007 105 30 
			 December 2007 58 38 
			 January 2008 104 28 
			 February 2008 89 42 
			 March 2008 60 75 
			 April 2008 46 83

Home Education: Finance

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local education authorities in England provide funds for home education.

Jim Knight: The Department does not collect information from local authorities specifically on the funding which they provide for home education. However, included in the following table is how much local authorities in England budgeted to spend on education otherwise than at school and PRU during the 2007-08 financial year. The Department is currently collecting the financial information for 2008-09.
	
		
			  Local authority name  Budgeted net expenditure on education out of school (£) 
			 England 130,377,000 
			   
			 Barking and Dagenham 949,000 
			 Barnet 252,000 
			 Barnsley 407,000 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 341,000 
			 Bedfordshire 2,906,000 
			 Bexley 122,000 
			 Birmingham 2,884,000 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 0 
			 Blackpool 321,000 
			 Bolton 525,000 
			 Bournemouth 166,000 
			 Bracknell Forest 338,000 
			 Bradford 3,488,000 
			 Brent 1,594,000 
			 Brighton and Hove 774,000 
			 Bristol City of 1,365,000 
			 Bromley 377,000 
			 Buckinghamshire 265,000 
			 Bury 160,000 
			 Calderdale 207,000 
			 Cambridgeshire 2,230,000 
			 Camden 58,000 
			 Cheshire 2,250,000 
			 City of London 0 
			 Cornwall 1,470,000 
			 Coventry 329,000 
			 Croydon 1,342,000 
			 Cumbria 434,000 
			 Darlington 376,000 
			 Derby 632,000 
			 Derbyshire 2,646,000 
			 Devon 3,228,000 
			 Doncaster 422,000 
			 Dorset 436,000 
			 Dudley 1,736,000 
			 Durham 2,060,000 
			 Ealing 1,278,000 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 295,000 
			 East Sussex 699,000 
			 Enfield 975,000 
			 Essex 9,279,000 
			 Gateshead 809,000 
			 Gloucestershire 4,348,000 
			 Greenwich 275,000 
			 Hackney 179,000 
			 Halton 209,000 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 
			 Hampshire 2,522,000 
			 Haringey 601,000 
			 Harrow 814,000 
			 Hartlepool 152,000 
			 Havering 115,000 
			 Herefordshire 398,000 
			 Hertfordshire 6,121,000 
			 Hillingdon 344,000 
			 Hounslow 340,000 
			 Isle of Wight 143,000 
			 Isles of Scilly 26,000 
			 Islington 173,000 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 172,000 
			 Kent 3,959,000 
			 Kingston upon Hull City of 352,000 
			 Kingston upon Thames 230,000 
			 Kirklees 876,000 
			 Knowsley 115,000 
			 Lambeth 0 
			 Lancashire 591,000 
			 Leeds 1,849,000 
			 Leicester 664,000 
			 Leicestershire 658,000 
			 Lewisham 898,000 
			 Lincolnshire 634,000 
			 Liverpool 1,000 
			 Luton 936,000 
			 Manchester 764,000 
			 Medway 640,000 
			 Merton 189,000 
			 Middlesbrough 532,000 
			 Milton Keynes 799,000 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 15,000 
			 Newham 431,000 
			 Norfolk 955,000 
			 North East Lincolnshire 203,000 
			 North Lincolnshire 459,000 
			 North Somerset 445,000 
			 North Tyneside 129,000 
			 North Yorkshire 2,134,000 
			 Northamptonshire 856,000 
			 Northumberland 2,144,000 
			 Nottingham 1,423,000 
			 Nottinghamshire 772,000 
			 Oldham 353,000 
			 Oxfordshire 310,000 
			 Peterborough 685,000 
			 Plymouth 174,000 
			 Poole 206,000 
			 Portsmouth 418,000 
			 Reading 612,000 
			 Redbridge 792,000 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 1,241,000 
			 Richmond upon Thames 121,000 
			 Rochdale 342,000 
			 Rotherham 427,000 
			 Rutland 50,000 
			 Salford 490,000 
			 Sandwell 614,000 
			 Sefton 528,000 
			 Sheffield 1,486,000 
			 Shropshire 422,000 
			 Slough 117,000 
			 Solihull 493,000 
			 Somerset 1,382,000 
			 South Gloucestershire 403,000 
			 South Tyneside 40,000 
			 Southampton 51,000 
			 Southend-on-Sea 247,000 
			 Southwark 1,276,000 
			 St. Helens 163,000 
			 Staffordshire 2,021,000 
			 Stockport 190,000 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 215,000 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 737,000 
			 Suffolk 3,788,000 
			 Sunderland 482,000 
			 Surrey 2,504,000 
			 Sutton 685,000 
			 Swindon 819,000 
			 Tameside 250,000 
			 Telford and Wrekin 354,000 
			 Thurrock 66,000 
			 Torbay 1,140,000 
			 Tower Hamlets 651,000 
			 Trafford 495,000 
			 Wakefield 142,000 
			 Walsall 582,000 
			 Waltham Forest 802,000 
			 Wandsworth 475,000 
			 Warrington 92,000 
			 Warwickshire 701,000 
			 West Berkshire 174,000 
			 West Sussex 4,019,000 
			 Westminster 1,309,000 
			 Wigan 830,000 
			 Wiltshire 397,000 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 107,000 
			 Wirral 121,000 
			 Wokingham 11,000 
			 Wolverhampton 43,000 
			 Worcestershire 334,000 
			 York 389,000 
			  Note: Education otherwise than at school and PRU: alternative provision is suitable education arranged by local authorities for children of compulsory school age who are unable to attend mainstream or special schools because of illness, exclusion from school or otherwise.

Schools: Admissions

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many fully subscribed schools in England  (a) applied for and  (b) received capital funding from their local authority for expansion (i) between 1997 and 2006, (ii) between 2006 and January 2008 and (iii) since January 2008.

Jim Knight: The Department is continuing to support huge capital investment in schools. Over CSR07 this will total £21.9 billion. This is invested through a combination of our strategic, targeted and devolved programmes to local authorities and schools. Investment priorities take account of a number of factors, including the need to expand schools—which is subject to the local decision making process. Accordingly, the Department does not collect information centrally on the number of applications to local authorities for capital funding to support school expansions.
	Available data shows that (i) between 1999 (the first year for which information is available) and 2006, there were 20 approved proposals from schools to enlarge and increase the admission number by 27 or more, 16 approved proposals to enlarge sixth forms, and 444 smaller expansions; (ii) between 2006 and January 2008 the figures were 22, 36, and 102; and (iii) since January 2008, the figures are nine, four, and eight. We do not have figures on which of these schools were over-subscribed, or which involved a capital cost.
	Additionally, since 2004 the Department has also operated a funding mechanism whereby successful and popular schools can, with or without the support of their local authority, apply for funding toward to the cost of expanding by a form of entry. Provided they meet the criteria set out in guidance, capital support will follow provided the expansion is agreed through the local decision making process. 22 such expansions have been agreed, and additional bids are currently being considered.

Schools: Cricket

Hugh Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 
	(1)  how many  (a) primary and ( b) secondary schools in England play cricket at least once a week in the summer term;
	(2)  how many maintained schools in England have at least 10 competitive cricket fixtures each summer term;
	(3)  how much the Youth Sport Trust spent on cricket in schools in each of the last three years; and what those funds were spent on.

Kevin Brennan: This information is not held centrally. The 2006/07 School Sport Survey found that 90 per cent. (up from 85 per cent. in 2003/04) of maintained schools in England provided cricket during the academic year. The survey also found that 56 per cent. (up from 45 per cent. in 2003/04) of schools were linked to a local cricket club.
	Inter-school competition will be further enhanced by the national network of Competition Managers, which will be in place from January 2009.
	As a registered charity, the work of the Youth Sport Trust is to help build a better future for young people through sport. They are working with the network of school sport partnerships and sports colleges across the country to ensure ail young people have access to at least five hours of PE and school sport by 2012. Their remit is not to fund individual sports, so they have not spent any money directly on cricket, or any other individual sport.

Welfare Tax Credits: Scotland

Mohammad Sarwar: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Scotland are eligible for  (a) working tax credits,  (b) child tax credits and  (c) pension credits; and what recent estimate he has made of the level of uptake of each credit.

Jane Kennedy: Estimates of the take-up rate for child and working tax credits in 2005-06, for which latest figures are available, by country and region, are produced in Table 9 of the HMRC publication "Child and Working Tax Credit Take-up rates 2005-06". This publication is available on the HMRC website at:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-take-up.htm.
	We do not produce statistics separately for child tax credit and working tax credit.
	Estimates of eligibility and the take-up rate for pension credit are not available below the level of Great Britain. However, latest estimates of take-up rates and the number of pensioners who were entitled but not claiming pension credit in Great Britain were published in the "Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up in 2005/06" report. A copy of this report is available in the Library.